2nd Place Winner: Best Ever Rum Balls

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dark chocolate
• 1/2 cup of milk chocolate
• 1/2 cup of icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons of corn syrup
• 3 cups of vanilla wafers, crushed into crumbs
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla
• 1/3 – 1/2 cup of dark rum
• powdered sugar, rice flour, cocoa for coating

Directions

• In a heavy pot, melt the chocolate on low heat.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the icing sugar and corn syrup.
• Beat in the vanilla wafers (and nuts if you are using them).
• Next stir in the salt, vanilla and rum until well combined. Refrigerate the mixture until firm.
• Roll the mixture into small 1 inch balls. Roll in the coatings of your choice.

Source: Food and Spice